The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. We work to protect and advance the principles of justice. Our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.
Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Sep. 22 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 24 | Urgent Questions | Feltham A Young Offenders Institution |
| Oct. 22 | Westminster Hall | Ministry of Justice: Legal Aid Spending |
| Sep. 11 | Adjournment Debate | Child Cruelty Offences: Sentencing |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 25 June, 2020 | 29 Jun 2020, 12:59 p.m. | ||
| A bill to make in relation to marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales provision about divorce, dissolution and separation; and for connected purposes | ||||
| Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 26 February, 2020 | 3 Mar 2020, 3:50 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about the release on licence of offenders convicted of terrorist offences or offences with a terrorist connection; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 June, 2020 | 24 Jun 2020, 5:39 p.m. | ||
| A bill to give effect to Law Commission recommendations relating to commencement of enactments relating to sentencing law and to make provision for pre-consolidation amendments of sentencing law | ||||
| Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill 2019-21 | Ping Pong: House of Commons 6 October, 2020 | 7 Oct 2020, 8:28 p.m. | ||
| To require the Parole Board to take into account any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim. | ||||
| Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL] 2019-21 | 3rd reading: House of Commons 6 October, 2020 | 7 Oct 2020, 8:29 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to implement the Hague Conventions of 1996, 2005 and 2007 and to provide for the implementation of other international agreements on private international law. | ||||
| Sentencing Bill [HL] 2019-21 | 3rd reading: House of Commons | 2 Oct 2020, 1:13 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to consolidate certain enactments relating to sentencing. | ||||
| Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21 | 2nd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 21 September, 2020 | 9 Oct 2020, 8:52 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about the sentencing of offenders convicted of terrorism offences, of offences with a terrorist connection or of certain other offences; to make other provision in relation to terrorism; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Published 8 Jun 2020, 4:23 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Section 75 – Designation of Public Authority) Order 2020 | |
| This Order designates the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (the “IMA”) for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47). | |||
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Published 12 Feb 2020, 2:21 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (Remedial) Order 2020 | |
| Section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c.30) (the “Act”) provides for a fixed sum of bereavement damages to be awarded to a limited category of persons in the event of a fatal accident caused by wrongful act, neglect or default. | |||
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Published 20 Jan 2020, 2:09 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Judicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges’ Pension Schemes (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | |
| The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182) (“the 2015 Regulations”) and the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/522) make provision for the contributions payable by members of both schemes constituted by those Regulations. | |||
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Published 15 Oct 2019, 3:57 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2019 | |
| This Order amends the Human Rights Act 1998 (“HRA”) to address a finding of the European Court of Human Rights of a breach of Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“Convention”) in the case of Hammerton v United Kingdom (Application no. 6287/10). | |||
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Laid 15 Oct 2020 In Force Not stated |
Ministry of Justice | European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Relevant Court) (Retained EU Case Law) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations provide which courts are relevant courts for the purposes of section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) (the Act). This means that they are not bound by retained EU case law to the extent provided by these Regulations. Retained EU case law is defined under section 6(7) of the Act as any principles laid down by, and any decisions of, the Court of Justice of the European Union, as they have effect in EU law immediately before IP completion day, subject to certain exceptions, as those principles and decisions are modified by or under the Act or other domestic law from time to time. | |||
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Laid 5 Oct 2020 In Force 26 Oct 2020 |
Ministry of Justice | Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| This Order amends the Schedule to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (England and Wales) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1853) (“the 2015 Order”). | |||
| Current Signatures | Final Signatures | Title | Petition Deadline |
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167,506 Petition Closed |
Violet-Grace’s Law - Life sentences for Death by Dangerous Driving Gov Responded - 25 Feb 2019 Debated on - 8 Jul 2019 |
15 Aug 2019 closed 1 year, 2 months ago |
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The men who killed our daughter drove a stolen a car at 83 mph in a 30 mph zone. They killed our 4-year-old daughter Violet-Grace and severely injured her nan, who has life-changing injuries. They will serve less time in prison than Violet was alive. I don’t want other families to suffer like this. |
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115,723 Petition Closed |
People found with a knife to get 10 years and using a knife 25 years in prison. Gov Responded - 14 Mar 2019 Debated on - 25 Mar 2019 |
3 Jun 2019 closed 1 year, 4 months ago |
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People are scared of the amount of knife crime with apparently very little deterent to stop people carrying knifes. |
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Ministry of Justice Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Oct. 22 | Sentencing Code granted Royal Assent | News and Communications |
| Oct. 22 | Ministry of Justice statement in fee-paid judicial litigation: October 2020 | News and Communications |
| Oct. 21 | Immigration and Asylum Ad-hoc Statistics | Research and Statistics |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 23 Oct 2020, 2:39 p.m. | Matt Western MP (Labour - Warwick and Leamington) | Matt Western MP (Labour - Warwick and Leamington) |
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Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress there has been on the implementation of the Lammy Review recommendations. Answered by Alex Chalk - Assistant Whip The Government has provided updates on the implementation of the independent review into the treatment of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the criminal justice system (the Lammy Review). Out of the 35 recommendations listed in the Lammy Review: ii. Actions in relation to 17 recommendations are still in progress, of which: b. 6 recommendations will take longer than 12 months to be completed (1, 9, 10, 31, 32, 34) iii. Two recommendations (14, 16), specific to a target for judicial appointments and appraisal, are not being taken forward. This was announced in the Government’s response to the Review in December 2017. The Government’s response identified actions going beyond the Review’s recommendations. Progress on recommendations and additional actions are overseen by a CJS Race and Ethnicity Board which was created in response to the Review. An Independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities is currently reviewing inequality in the UK, focusing on areas including education, employment, health and the criminal justice system. The Independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will aim to report to the Prime Minister by the end of the year |
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